MGoRadio 5.4: Thirty-Three
Featuring special guests Cazzie Russell, and Matt Demorest of HomeSure Lending
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1. Cazzie Russell
starts at 1:00
A Michigan legend joins MGoRadio to talk about his time with the Wolverines, discuss the debate over name and image rights, and the upcoming Michigan basketball season.
2. Rutgers After UFR
starts at 31:42
Michigan’s run game is not going to be good until there is a threat of QB run. The run game opened up after Milton came in. Onwenu got a terrible PFF grade but Brian absolved him. Ruiz was a bit more problematic. Michigan seems to have piled on too much stuff and the guys on the line are still trying to figure out how to execute it. Michigan threw some fades! The interception was okay because we’re finally taking risks. The defense was pretty much the Cam McGrone show and he should get considerably more playing time going forward. Glasgow had a rough game and defending slants and his playing time could be in trouble. Mike Dwumfour exists! Got healthy against Rutgers, now Iowa is the big hurdle.
3. Matt Demorest Got Stung by Yellow Jackets
starts at 53:14
Matt comes on to share some stories about his travel across the Big Ten.
4. Iowa
starts at 1:06:54
Iowa’s TE is their former fullback. Oliver Martin is 5th on the WR depth chart. Ihmir Smith-Marsette is a very good burner on the outside. Brandon Smith is more of a jump ball type. Two NFL-bound tackles in Tristan Wirfs and Alaric Jackson. Nate Stanley is this year’s inexplicably hyped-for-the-NFL B1G QB. Mekhi Sargent is solid, but he’s not Akrum Wadley. Just a guy. Play a 4-3 even and a cover 2 on defense with not as good of a secondary as usual, but with a monster at DE in AJ Epenesa. Michigan is going to have problems blocking him one-on-one. If Michigan can keep the QB clean, they should be able to throw on Iowa. Can Patterson exploit the zone? If there’s a threat of QB run, Michigan should be able to slice the team open. But what if Patterson can’t keep it.
MUSIC:
Featured tonight: Reader’s band Jes Cru, which is the most 1990s band I’ve ever heard, and would you’ know it: they played around Ann Arbor in the 1990s.
- "Gruvement”
- “No One Cries Alone”
- “Don’t Say You Will”
- “Across 110th Street”
If you or a friend made some good tunes and don't have a label out scrubbing for them we'd be happy to feature you.
THE USUAL LINKS:
- Helpful iTunes subscribe link
- General podcast feed link
- Direct download link
- What's with the theme music?
It’s like the guy complaining he doesn’t have any shoes and he goes around the corner and the guy doesn’t have any feet.
October 4th, 2019 at 7:35 PM ^
Wow, Cazzie Russell. What a UM hero. This dude is the best of what Michigan is about.
Edit: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R9YS9ZKPpWc
October 4th, 2019 at 8:45 PM ^
Brian, I'm kinda curious what is the cause of your disposition in that photo. Did you eat some bad shellfish at dinner and are holding in a vomit/poop?
October 4th, 2019 at 9:38 PM ^
How tall are Brian and Seth and/or how short were basketball players fifty years ago?
October 4th, 2019 at 10:05 PM ^
Cazzie is 6’5” but has “shrunk”. I would peg Brian and 6’2.5” and Seth at 6’.
October 5th, 2019 at 8:23 AM ^
Cazzie also looks like he is hunched down a bit for the photo.
October 5th, 2019 at 6:05 PM ^
I'm 67, still pretty active but have lost 3" since high school. : ( It happens to us all. I could just barely touch the rim in high school, now barely can touch the net when I jump.
October 4th, 2019 at 9:42 PM ^
Cazzie. Wish I'd seen him playing live.
October 5th, 2019 at 9:02 AM ^
My dad had the best seat in the house to watch Cazzie play - the end of the bench.
I remain envious.
October 4th, 2019 at 10:13 PM ^
Poor Seth gets abused by Brian every week.
October 4th, 2019 at 11:02 PM ^
Yeah. Seth and Ed Feng get ragged on pretty consistently. Although Ed surprisingly less this year.
October 5th, 2019 at 8:00 AM ^
It’s become unpleasant to listen to, at least when it comes to Seth.
Ed? Meh.
October 5th, 2019 at 8:22 AM ^
Yeah, I think a lot of people are taken aback at how nasty Brian is to others on air. It doesn't come across as funny or entertainingly savage. It's just off-putting.
October 5th, 2019 at 10:14 AM ^
Yeah. I assume it's a relationship that works for them; I doubt Seth would stick around if not. But it's a weird aggressiveness I don't quite get.
October 5th, 2019 at 6:10 PM ^
I've actually stopped listening, although some of that is due to not having as much free time.
October 4th, 2019 at 11:34 PM ^
That Cazzie segment is such great audio, especially the explanation for the flat shot. Go Blue!
October 4th, 2019 at 11:38 PM ^
Is Brian wearing the same shirt as he was during the WTKA Roundtable yesterday?
October 4th, 2019 at 11:56 PM ^
Cazzie was and Still is a Class act. What a joy to hear.
Even dealing with 2 lesser types.
October 4th, 2019 at 11:58 PM ^
Loving the OSKEE shirt Brian. I can only hope that makes another appearance next week for a Beckman memorial pittance.
Never forget:
October 5th, 2019 at 12:09 AM ^
As a guy with longer curly hair, it sucks to see Brian having (recently) gotten a pretty bad hair cut
October 5th, 2019 at 8:01 AM ^
Walked in and said “give me the Paula Poundstone.”
October 5th, 2019 at 8:42 AM ^
Thanks, Seth, for rocking the Jes Gru as bumper music. Fitting throwback for homecoming.
(“jess grew” - borrowed from the book Mumbo Jumbo, something we UM English majors had to read while trudging through Core back in the 90s)
October 5th, 2019 at 10:15 AM ^
It was interesting to hear Cassie mention how guys were trying to have him throw games in the 60's. The professionalization of college sports by non-athletes has been going on for a lot longer than people want to admit.
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